NameThatPlant.net: Bidens alba var. radiata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens alba var. radiata FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Bidens at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens alba var. radiata FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-012:

Bidens pilosa FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Beggarticks, Shepherd's Needles, White Beggarticks

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bidens alba var. radiata FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bidens alba var. radiata FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-70-012:
Bidens pilosa FAMILY Asteraceae

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Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: adventive from the New World tropics

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple: mostly 1-pinnately lobed
Opposite
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Absent or White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter or styliferous & sterile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

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